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- noun Plural form of
counterpuncher .
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Examples
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When we fought before I had never really studied how to fight counterpunchers like Márquez.
Manny Pacquiao limbers up for Juan Manuel Márqueez part III 2011
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Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville said his team is tougher when it is challenged and plays with "anger," while defenceman Brian Campbell said the Hawks were comfortable "counterpunchers" when hit in the mouth.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MATTHEW SEKERES 2011
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With two of the fastest counterpunchers in the game, it became a question of who could work his opponent out of position a step or two or force a short ball, and who could take risks at the right moments and successfully drive winners down the line.
NYT > Home Page By THOMAS LIN 2011
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With two of the fastest counterpunchers in the game, it became a question of who could work his opponent out of position a step or two or force a short ball, and who could take risks at the right moments and successfully drive winners down the line.
NYT > Home Page By THOMAS LIN 2011
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Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville said his team is tougher when it is challenged and plays with "anger," while defenceman Brian Campbell said the Hawks were comfortable "counterpunchers" when hit in the mouth.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MATTHEW SEKERES 2011
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When he is in form, as he has been much of this season, he is one of the game's best counterpunchers, with flowing footwork and an ability to remain close to the baseline during extended rallies and strike the ball early off the bounce.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Some of the greatest tennis players of all-time were counterpunchers; but, alas, they fall just outside of your twenty year rule, they include Mats Wilander and Björn Borg.
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But, in answer to your question: I can name two counterpunchers, or as you call it pushers, who have won grand slam events in the last ten years - Lleyton Hewitt and Rafael Nadal.
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Then they go, identical stances, identical bobbing movements, more counterpunchers than attackers, but capable either way.
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Then they go, identical stances, identical bobbing movements, more counterpunchers than attackers, but capable either way.
courierpress.com Stories Steve Ford 2010
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